Knife or fork cleaner



PATENTED MAR. 1, 1904:.

E. F. MODONOUG-H. KNIFE OR FORK CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1903.

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UNTTED STATE Patented March 1, 1904. i

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. MoDONOUGH, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. MANNERBAGK, OF READING, PENN- sYLvANni.

KNIFE OR FORK CLEANER- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,609, dated March 1, 1904. p Application filed March 30, 1903. erial No. 150,179. (No model.) 7

' ing, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knife or Fork Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device intended for domestic use as a scourer and cleaner for knives, forks, and the like; and the object of the same is to provide a device which is simplein construction, cheap to manufacture, and effective in operation; and to,th-isend"thein vention consists in the details (if construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter set forth in the following specification and claims, and as fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a front view, of my device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a handle constructed from a single piece of sheet metal bent into shape, so as to form two radial extensions 8 near one end thereof and the extremities of said projections being bent so as to form spaced parallel jaws '2, said jaws hav ing, preferably, a certainamount of resiliency. These jaws 2 are enlarged, as at 2, at their extremities and are provided with diametrically opposite openings 4 in said enlarged ends.

The numeral 5 designates the scourer or cleaning block or pad, which is provided with a plurality of active faces and revolubly mounted between said jaws 2, being held in position by means of a pin 6, passing through its center and through the openings in the enlarged ends 2 of the jaws 2. One of the ends of this pin is provided with a head and the other is provided with screw-threads and has a nut 7 thereon engaging one of the jaws 2 and by means of which the faces of the block 5 are successively and rigidly held in the desired operative position after the block has been rotated upon the pin 6 to the desired position. This block 5 is preferably rectangular and is made of any desired suitable material, preferably felt or some fibrous material.

It will be seen that the enlarged ends 2' of the jaws engage the ends of the block or pad 5 adjacent the opening therein, thereby not only forming a protection for said opening, but provides a greater bearing-surface at those points. The said block 5 is securely held in the jaws 2 by tightening the thumb-nut 7, which causes the jaws to clamp the ends thereof; but it may be revolved when desired by loosening the nut 7, which permits a new face to be turned into an operative position, so that all of the faces thereof may be used in turn until the block or pad is worn down to the pin on which it is mounted. The jaws themselves being springy tend more effectively to hold the block in position by engaging the ends thereof. It will also be noted that several of the active faces of the block or pad 5 are held in operative position. thereby enabling the operator to use either one of three faces, which permits him to use the device to scour or clean the bottom or inside of a culinary vessel without altering the position of the pad or block until its faces have become worn.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising a single piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to form a handle having radially-extended portions near one end and spaced parallel spring-jaws at the extremities of the extended portions, each of said jaws being provided with enlarged ends and having an aperture in ed of a single piece of metal bent upon itself to form a handle provided with radially-extended portions near one end thereof, the extrernities of said portions being bent to form projecting spaced spring-jaws, said jaws being each provided with an aperture near their extrernities, a rotatable pad or block provided with a plurality of active faces, between the jaws, oneof said jaws engaging each end of the pad, said pad being provided with an opening through its body, a pin provided with a head on one end and threaded at its other end, said pin being adapted to pass entirely through the hole in the pad and the apertures in the jaws so that the head thereof engages 5 the outer face of one of the jaws, and a nut on the threaded end engaging the outer face of the other jaw and adapted to regulate the pressure of the jaws and to cause them to clamp the ends of the pad to prevent rotation 20 

